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Fast-paced and engrossing\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n In Greyson\u2019s intriguing debut, a young woman struggles to stay alive while navigating through a zombie-like pandemic and learning about her own strength. It is 2012. The Mayas calendar has ended with a contagious disease that brings the dead back to life. When the boundaries are breached and the cities overrun, 19-year-old Jenna Winter escapes to travel from San Antonio, Texas to New Mexico to be with her sister Hannah who is the head of Information technology at Biogenetics & Disease Control, a medical research company located deep beneath the city of Dulce, New Mexico. At the same time, Julie Mehta, a staff virologist, works diligently to develop a vaccine to prevent the humanity from contracting the infection. Greyson\u2019s cinematic narrative easily pulls readers into this bleak but enthralling story of survival. Through Jenna\u2019s ability to maintain an emotional distance from the horrors around her as her survival instinct kicks in, Greyson explores the boundless capacity of perseverance in human race. Greyson\u2019s prose is simple and accessible, plotting tight, and characterization thoroughly done. The biological research details are intriguing without being over-the-top. Jenna who starts as a na\u00efve 19-year-old college dropout, realizes maturity and strength while trying to survive through months of pandemic, and it\u2019s her character that stays at the heart of the story. Dr. Julie Mehta\u2019s determination and Hannah\u2019s calm demeanor make them thoroughly likable characters. Greyson poignantly portrays people\u2019s fear, insecurities, fickleness, and bitter rage through Jenna and her other characters. Lovers of apocalyptic fiction will be delighted.<\/p>\n Fast-paced and engrossing\u2026 In Greyson\u2019s intriguing debut, a young woman struggles to stay alive while navigating through a zombie-like pandemic and learning about her own strength. It is 2012. The Mayas calendar has ended with a contagious disease that brings the dead back to life. 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by Ann Greyson<\/h3>\n
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Pub date December 6, 2019<\/h4>\n
ISBN 978-0578588292<\/h4>\n
Price $13.99 (USD) Paperback, $4.99 Kindle edition<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"